Some very surprising numbers

What Google pays Apple

Did you know Google pays Apple an obscene amount to be the default Search Engine on iPhones? This is how much they paid over the years.

2014 - $1 billion

2017 - $3 billion

2018 - $9 billion

2021 - $15 billion

2022 - $19 billion

Correlation or Causation

What Happened To Mental Hospitals in the US?

The Rise Of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, SA)

vs G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK)

BRICS are now 31.5% of global GDP vs the G7's 30%.

The Rise of Obesity

Consider this Map of the US from 1987 (36 years ago)

Now just compare it with 2020. Wild!

The Scale of Saudi Aramco

Most people do not know of Saudi Aramco. It is one of only 5 companies in the world, valued at $1 Trillion or more.

It is so wildly profitable that in Q2 2022, it reported more net profit than Microsoft, Apple, Meta, and Tesla combined.

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